Bargain Banzai Battleship Bonus

John turned up for last week's Fletcher Pratt game bearing a gift for me.  He had spotted on a market stall this slightly down at heel Triang Minic model of the Japanese super-battleship Yamato.  Aside from some paint chipping the model has a slightly bent main gun barrel and is missing the two catapults normally found at the blunt end.  But for £0.50 who cares?  (For readers in the colonies £0.50 equates to 0.80 USD or 0.97 NZD). 
John concealed his disappointment well when I told him he couldn't use it in the game....

For comparison purposes the photo below shows the new arrival next to my near-mint example. 
I need hardly add that if you ever see these models at such giveaway prices you should snap them up!

More Yamato-related nonsense soon, in what appears to be 'Ship Month' on my blog!